Popular baby names in Florida, 1983

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (2,316 babies) and Michael for boys (2,834). Social Security records list 126,986 babies born in Florida in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1983

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Octavia: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tameka: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shirley: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carolina: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shayla: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Vivian: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ericka: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Barbara: 145 babies, 2× the national rate
Cristina: 109 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 45 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Jean: 62 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Antwan: 64 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Willie: 190 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Quinton: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Xavier: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jarvis: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Andres: 84 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leon: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jamaal: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,316	–	1
2	Jessica	2,103	–	2
3	Ashley	1,575	↑9	4
4	Amanda	1,307	↓1	3
5	Melissa	975	↓1	6
6	Heather	921	↑9	9
7	Stephanie	902	↑2	8
8	Christina	866	↑3	16
9	Sarah	850	↑1	5
10	Nicole	823	↓5	7
11	Crystal	811	↓5	11
12	Tiffany	774	↓5	14
13	Michelle	763	↓5	13
14	Elizabeth	694	↓1	10
15	Kimberly	668	↓1	15
16	Amy	554	–	12
17	Lauren	531	↑6	24
18	Rebecca	512	–	19
19	Rachel	508	↑2	20
20	Angela	493	↓3	22
21	Amber	492	↓2	17
22	Danielle	466	↑3	29
23	Kelly	447	↓3	26
24	Lisa	440	–	27
25	Erin	431	↓3	18
26	Megan	421	↑21	21
27	Laura	397	↑2	23
28	Vanessa	395	↑7	49
29	Jamie	393	↑1	28
30	Erica	365	↑3	33
31	Andrea	364	↑5	30
32	Mary	360	↓6	32
33	Shannon	358	↓5	38
34	Alicia	340	new	41
35	Kristen	340	↓4	37
36	April	338	↓9	39
37	Katherine	323	↓3	34
38	Samantha	318	↓1	40
39	Christine	292	↑4	47
40	Kristin	290	↓8	42
41	Lindsey	290	↑5	35
42	Sara	274	↓4	31
43	Emily	262	↓4	25
44	Jacqueline	262	↓4	53
45	Victoria	256	new	58
46	Lindsay	253	↑4	36
47	Maria	252	↓3	43
48	Natalie	249	new	52
49	Tara	239	↓7	51
50	Brandy	237	↓9	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	2,834	–	1
2	Christopher	2,727	–	2
3	James	1,684	–	6
4	Matthew	1,652	↑3	3
5	David	1,625	–	4
6	Robert	1,528	–	10
7	Jason	1,441	↓3	7
8	Joshua	1,395	↑1	5
9	John	1,384	↓1	9
10	Daniel	1,345	↑1	8
11	William	1,186	↓1	16
12	Joseph	1,120	↑1	11
13	Justin	1,119	↓1	12
14	Ryan	996	↑1	13
15	Jonathan	960	↑1	19
16	Brian	952	↓2	14
17	Anthony	823	–	22
18	Richard	765	–	27
19	Steven	720	↑7	23
20	Andrew	719	↑3	15
21	Eric	719	↓2	20
22	Brandon	710	↑8	17
23	Thomas	698	↓1	24
24	Adam	695	↑1	18
25	Charles	659	↓5	33
26	Kevin	626	↓2	25
27	Nicholas	611	–	21
28	Timothy	601	↓7	26
29	Stephen	527	↑2	35
30	Jeremy	492	↓2	30
31	Sean	470	↑4	44
32	Jeffrey	467	↓3	28
33	Travis	467	–	41
34	Mark	458	–	31
35	Kenneth	450	↓3	45
36	Aaron	425	–	29
37	Patrick	407	↑2	37
38	Gregory	405	↑2	42
39	Kyle	400	new	34
40	Paul	398	↓3	39
41	Benjamin	373	↓3	32
42	Scott	334	↓1	38
43	Bryan	329	↓1	47
44	Alexander	306	↑2	63
45	Jesse	301	↓2	46
46	Jose	289	↓2	48
47	Shawn	272	↓2	53
48	Chad	271	–	49
49	Donald	269	↓2	60
50	Marcus	267	new	58

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